Ice-cutter.



IE. BOUCHANE.

ICE CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-5.1916.

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ICE-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedMay 1, ram.

Application filed December 5, 1916. Serial No. 135,221.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDMOND BOUCHANE,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsfield, in the county ofBerkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented new cleaning snowand ice from car tracks and' so connected, preferably with a streetrailway car or like wheeled vehicle, whereby the cutting disks will bedirectly driven by the propelling power of the car.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a trackcleaner of the above stated character wherein use is made of a drivenshaft on which the cutting disks are disposed and arranged at an angle,whereby after the snow or ice iscut or loosened the cutting disks willfurther perform the operation of throwing the snow to one side of theline of travel of the car.

To this end, use is made of a hanger sup ported from the car, a frameadapted for a vertical movement in said hanger, a driven shaft journaledin the lower portion of the frame on which are disposed said cuttingdisks in the manner above stated, and alever fu'lcrumed to said framefor performing the raising or lowering operations thereof.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features, details of construction and combination of parts whichwill hereinafter be more fully set forth, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car partly in section showing mydevice attached thereto; I

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device removed from the car;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view;

Fig. 1 is a section taken on line 44 of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, in which likecharacters of reference refer to corresponding parts in the severalviews, the character 5' denotes generally the track cleaner attached tothe front portion of a wheeled vehicle 6, which in this particularinstance is shown as constituting a motor car. A hanger 7 of U- shapedform, is utilized for supporting and suspending the track cleaner fromthe front portion of the wheeled vehicle 6 and the limbs 8 of saidhanger are arranged in spaced vertical plane with one another, and areprovided with an arcuate slot 9. Journaled in the bearings 10 of. thelimbs and transversely 'of the hanger 7 for rotary movement, is adriving shaft 11 having its extremities 12 projecting beyond the limbs8-of the hanger. A gear 13 is supported upon each. of the extremities 12of the driving shaft and defined thereon and between the nuts 14:, whilecarried by one of the extremities 12 is a pulley 15, which is geared upwith the front axle of the wheeled vehicle 6 through the medium of abelt 16.

Journaled in the lower extremities of the limbs 25 of the movable frame23 is a driven shaft 26, having the opposite extremities thereofarranged in the arcuate slots 9 of the hanger and extending beyond theouter faces of said hanger as at 27., The protruding extremities 27 ofthe protruding shaft 26 are likewise provided with pinions 28 adapted tomesh at all times with the gears 13 of the driving shaft 11. Thus uponthe driving of the shaft 11 it will in turn rotate the driven shaft 26.The rotation of this driven shaft 26 will cause the revolution of theplurality of cutting disks 29 mounted thereon, whereby upon theoperation of the lever 21 in an outward direction, will lower the frame23 and bring the disks in contact with snow and ice packed or lodgedbetween the rails for the express purpose of cutting or loosening thesame. After the snow and ice is cut through the influence of theserrated edges 30 of the cutting disks, the said cut ting disks willperform the function of throwing the snow or ice to one side of the lineof travel of the car, due to the fact that I have shown these disks asarranged at an angle upon the driven shaft 26. It is further obviousthat by the employment of the arcuate slots 9 and the manner of mountingthe driven shaft therein it will permit of the From the foregoingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, theadvantages of construction and the method of operation will be readilyapparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, andWhile I have described the principles of operation of the invention,together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodimentthereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merelyillustrative and that such changes may be made as are within the scopeof the appended claims.

That is claimed as new, is:

1. A track clearer embodying in combination with a hanger provided witha pair of alined arcuate slots, a driving shaft journaled in saidhanger, a pulley on said shaft, of a frame mounted in said hanger forvertical movement, a driven shaft journaled in said frame and protrudingthrough the arcuate slots of said hanger, means for driving the formermentioned shaft, and a series of cutting disks on said driven shaft.

2. A track clearer embodying in combination with a hanger provided witha pair of alined arcuate slots, a driving shaft journaled in said hangera pulley on said shaft, of a frame mounted in said hanger for verticalmovement, a driven shaft journaled in said frame and protruding throughthe arcuate slots of said hanger, means for driving the former mentionedshaft, and a series of cutting disks on said driven shaft, said disksbeing arranged at an angle substantially as and for the purposespecified.

3. A track clearer, comprising in combination with a hanger providedwith a pair of transversely alined arcuate slots, a driving shaft journaled in said hanger, gears on said shaft, of a movable frame mountedin said hanger and having a portion thereof protruding through a slotformed in the hanger, an operating lever connected with the pro trudingportion of the frame for effecting the vertical movement of the frame, adriven shaft journaled in the lower extremities of the frame andprotruding through the arcuate slots of the hanger, gears on theprotruding extremities of the driven shaft and adapted to mesh with thegears of the driving shaft, means for imparting movement to said drivingshaft, and a series of spaced cutting elements on the driven shaft.

4. A track clearer, comprising in combination with a hanger providedwith a pair of transversely alined arcuate slots, a driving shaftjournaled in said hanger, gears on said shaft, of a movable framemounted in said hanger and having a portion thereof protruding through aslot formed in the hanger, an operating lever connected with theprotruding portion of the frame for effecting the vertical movement ofthe frame, a driven shaft journaled in the lower extremities of theframe and protruding through the arcuate slots of the hanger, gears onthe protruding extremities of the driven shaft and adapted to mesh withthe gears ofthe driving shaft, means for imparting movement to saiddriving shaft, and a series of spaced cutting elements on the drivenshaft, said cutting elements being arranged at an angle, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDMOND BOUGHANEL Copies of this patent may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

